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I think this explains why it was inevitable that we moved to Portland.

posted by Deb @ 4/28/2005 07:30:00 PM 1 comments

Wine Me, Dine Me, Over the Rhine Me

Last night we saw our favorite midwestern band right here in Portland at the Doug Fir Lounge. This band has the uncanny knack of being able to write songs that reflect my own life and faith and doubt and fears. Maybe it's because they're in their 30s, own a house and dogs, grew up in the Midwest and Linford even grew up Mennonite. Nate and I have been following Over the Rhine for over 10 years now and we are still blown away by the sheer beauty of Karin's voice, Linford's shy grin and the way their music moves us to tears. I highly recommend their latest album: Drunkard's Prayer. d "I was born to laugh I learned to laugh through my tears I was born to love I'm going to learn to love Without fear" P.S. Notice the beautiful red cowboy boots that Karin bought in Portland. I'm jealous! (thanks to whoever posted this photo on the OTR website too).  

posted by Deb @ 4/23/2005 07:21:00 PM 0 comments

How to remove popcorn ceiling

1. Procrastinate for several months because you know it is a loathsome job. 2. Finally motivate yourself by planning a big event that your home must be ready for (i.e. our small group from church needs a new, bigger place to meet in May). 3. Remove everything else from the room including inquisitive German Shorthaired Pointers or cover them with plastic (lots of fun with the GSP) 4. Find a garden sprayer and fill it with warm water. Liberally dampen large swathes of popcorn plastered ceiling. Try to keep it moist 'cause rumor has it that it might contain asbestos. 5. Scrape globs of white gelatinous plaster off the ceiling. Try not to inhale. After several globs fall in your eye, remember why you wore safety glasses last time. 6. Go back over every square inch of the ceiling several times with a sponge to mop up chalky white residue. 7. Survey the room with horror. It looks worse than when you started and now there are oozing heaps of white glop on your floor. Roll it all up in the plastic (remember to liberate the GSP) and put it on the curb for the garbage man to deal with. 8. Order pizza and lots of soda pop to wash down the asbestos gunk clogging your throat and lungs. Note to self: Next time be wealthy enough to hire someone to do all your remodelling for you.

posted by Deb @ 4/18/2005 08:20:00 PM 1 comments

Happy Day

Oh wise and bearded one, Happy birthday a day late. I love you even though I haven't mastered the art of being The Perfect Wife. Sorry that you didn't get a birthday present. I still love you. I just don't know what tools to buy you to set you up for your next hobby of building wooden canoes. I do promise that when you build the aforementioned canoe, I will sit quietly in the back and paddle and try not to be too annoying with my ineptitude at steering. All my love, Deb

posted by Deb @ 4/10/2005 09:42:00 PM 2 comments

Google maps + Flickr =

started using flickr recently... and i prefer it over the "hello" software we have been using...
here's a google satellite map of our neighborhood.
if you haven't used google maps... check it out now!! http://maps.google.com/

posted by Deb @ 4/06/2005 11:09:00 PM 0 comments